REFILE-CANADA STOCKS-TSX set to open lower as oil prices slip

Reuters Staff

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(Refiles to add dateline) Jan 29 (Reuters) - Canada’s main stock index was set to open lower on Monday after oil prices fell as higher U.S. output offset efforts by the OPEC and Russia to tighten supplies.

Oil eased below $70 a barrel but were still on track for their strongest start to year in five years.

Separately, officials from the United States, Canada and Mexico will wrap up the sixth of seven planned rounds of talks on the North American Free Trade Agreement in Montreal on Monday, with little sign of agreement on the toughest U.S. proposals to overhaul the $1.2 trillion pact.

March futures on the S&P TSX index were down 0.28 percent at 7:15 a.m. ET.

On Friday, Canada’s main stock index rose, led by shares in Bombardier Inc, which closed up more than 15 percent after it won an unexpected trade victory against U.S. planemaker Boeing Co.

Dow Jones Industrial Average e-mini futures were down 0.15 percent at 7:15 a.m. ET, while S&P 500 e-mini futures were down 0.24 percent and Nasdaq 100 e-mini futures were down 0.25 percent.

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